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. 2020;49(1-2):69-72.
doi: 10.1007/s11125-020-09492-z. Epub 2020 Jul 29.

COVID-19 and the opportunity to design a more mindful approach to learning

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COVID-19 and the opportunity to design a more mindful approach to learning

Conrad Hughes. Prospects (Paris). 2020.

Abstract

The industry of modern schooling leads to surface learning of exaggeratedly voluminous curricula and excessively high-stakes assessments that instrumentalize the pursuit of knowledge. In order to return to a more mindful, authentic, and humanly paced approach, disruption from the present model is needed. Paradoxically, the COVID-19 pandemic might be the catalyst that will bring this about.

Keywords: Assessment; COVID-19; Curriculum; Learning.

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